Applying: Georgetown / McDonough, Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan, Stanford GSB, U. Washington / Foster, UCLA Anderson, USC / Marshall, UVA / Darden

Intake Year: 2026

Pre-MBA Career: Military Officer

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology, Private Equity, MF, Auto, Aerospace, Undecided Companies: Booz Allen Hamilton , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey , Apple , Facebook , Microsoft , Boeing , Seimens

GPA: 3.8

Years of Work Experience: 20

Location: Germany

Post MBA Location: Seattle

Notes:

Retiring military officer, coming from operations and strategic planner roles. Previous led teams of 80+ people, and looking to grow into a leadership role in a large company in the Pacific Northwest. Undergraduate in Arabic Language and Culture from lesser known school, and a Masters in Theology from Seminary (3.8 GPA in both programs). Will be a practice GRE and GMAT to see which is a better fit.

Questions I am considering:
Will it be better to go to an M7 program or a local MBA program if I want to find a position in Seattle?
Will the GRE or GMAT be a better fit for my application?
Should I be looking into EMBA programs instead, based on the average age of MBA programs?
Should a maintain a federal job while attending a hybrid MBA or EMBA program?

March 2, 2025 3:30am ET

Applying: Cornell / Johnson, Dartmouth / Tuck, Duke / Fuqua, Michigan / Ross, Northwestern / Kellogg, U. Chicago Booth, UPenn / Wharton, UVA / Darden, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: IT Audit for 2.5 years, Government Consultant for 1.5 years at time of application

Post-MBA Target Industry: Consulting, Technology Companies: Accenture , AT Kearney , Bain , BCG , Deloitte , McKinsey , PWC , Amazon , Apple , Facebook , Google , Microsoft

GRE: 330

GPA: 3.6

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: Michigan

February 28, 2025 7:26am ET

Applying: Carnegie Mellon / Tepper

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Financial analyst

Post-MBA Target Industry: Investment Banking Companies: Bank of America , JP Morgan

GRE: 328

GPA: 3.7

Years of Work Experience: 5

Location: Nigeria

Post MBA Location: USA

February 27, 2025 6:06am ET

Applying: Cambridge / Judge, Columbia, Harvard Business School, INSEAD, London Business School, U. Chicago Booth, Yale SOM

Intake Year: 2025

Pre-MBA Career: Family Business, Military

Post-MBA Target Industry: Family Business

GRE: 339

GPA: 3.1

Years of Work Experience: 2

Location: Singapore

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March 3, 2025 11:49am ET

Interview Invite to Stanford GSB

Round: Round 2

Received via email March 3, 2025

Standardized Test: GRE

GPA: 3.7

GRE: 340

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Application Location: USA

March 3, 2025 11:20am ET

Interview Invite to Cornell / Johnson

Round: Round 2

Received via portal March 3, 2025

Standardized Test: GMAT

GPA: 3.7

GMAT: 710

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Consulting

Application Location: United States

March 3, 2025 8:52am ET

Accepted to NYU Stern

Round: Round 3

Received via email on March 27, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.83

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Target Career: Finance

March 2, 2025 8:45pm ET

Accepted to UNC Kenan-Flagler

Round: Round 2

Received via phone on February 27, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.5

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

March 2, 2025 8:44pm ET

Accepted to Georgia / Terry

Round: Round 2

Received via phone on February 27, 2025

Standardized Test: Granted Waiver

GPA: 3.5

Program Type: Traditional Two-Year

Note:

Received a phone call and an email.

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